[AccessD] Downgrading Vista

Karen:

If the worse comes to the worse you can always switch to Ububtu Linux
(easier than XP/Vista apparently) and install Wine or Parallel so you can
run some of your MS apps. (The latest versions of Linux have no issues with
SATA drives).

Jim 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
krosenstiel at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:15 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista

I do have a USB floppy. Got it when I got the laptop just for such current
episodes.

--
Karen Rosenstiel
Seattle WA USA

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Edward S Zuris" <edzedz at comcast.net>
> 
>  You can buy a floppy hooked to a USB.
> 
>  I have used those in the past on Laptops
>  with no floppy drive.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte
> Foust
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:29 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
> 
> 
> I hope you don't really mean floppy disk, John.  My laptop doesn't have
> floppy drives and neither do any of the others I've seen.
> 
> Charlotte Foust 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:20 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
> 
> If you have either SCSI or SATA drives you can install XP but while
> doing so you must watch for the (initial blue) screen that asks you to
> press F6 for additional drivers (or something to that effect). You then
> need to have those drivers ready on a floppy disk.
> 
> HTH
> John B.
> 
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